Biz takes tentative steps amid big changes

CBS and Warner Bros. inked a deal with Netflix for shows like The Vampire Diaries, above. Brian F. OByrne in Prime Suspect For showbiz, 2011 has been a year of movement in fits and starts, rather than great leaps forward, as the industry grapples with a fast-changing, increasingly global business landscape.There haven't been any transformative transactions on the scale of, say, Comcast-NBCUniversal (although that union was formally sealed in January) or Disney-Marvel. Time Warner's unsolicited $1.4 billion bid for Endemol marks the biggest bucks that any of the biz's major congloms have put on the table (at least publicly) for an acquisition.'Prime' prospect for PeacockDespite the lack of blockbuster developments, however, there have been areas of notable activity that could set the stage for bigger changes to come: Windows, windows, windows. In TV and film, the biz has been acting like a menopausal woman in a stuffy room who can't decide whether she wants the window opened wide, halfway or just a crack.The tug of war between studios and exhibitors on the issue is emblematic of the struggle to balance the demands of various stakeholders in the theatrical business -- particularly the changing habits of younger moviegoers. Even more than Universal caving on its plan for an early "Tower Heist" premium VOD window, the bigger surprise has been the lackluster showing so far from the $30 PVOD window that Warner Bros., Fox and Universal carved out with DirecTV, amid much drama with exhibs and some high-profile creatives.No one has released any numbers, but it's common knowledge that the studios have been disappointed with the results.Is it a marketing problem? Is it the titles being offered? Only time and more market research will tell. The rise of Netflix. The netcaster has been part of virtually every conversation about the biz's future, but Hollywood still can't quite decide if Netflix is friend or foe.Most in the biz seem to be leaning toward the friend side, though there has been unabashed schadenfreude as the company's high-flying stock has fallen from $300-plus to the $70-$80 range in recent weeks.CBS and Warner Bros., the two majors that have been most conservative in making their TV skeins available online, embraced Netflix as the savior of the CW in reaching a path-breaking output deal for the net's programming. Netflix is also seen as filling a big financial hole for serialized and niche-appeal programs that will never fetch big bucks in the traditional cable/TV station syndie market (think "Mad Men").But now that so many have hitched their wagons with Netflix, the company's fumbles with subscriber relations and its $400 million debt/stock offering last week have raised questions about whether it is in danger of becoming overextended.n Film-financing follies. As Variety's Rachel Abrams has reported, the climate for film-financing deals has definitely improved during the past year, but the terms and the players are very different than they were before the economic meltdown. The big banks are tiptoeing back in for big studio projects, on a selective basis. And companies like Endgame Entertainment are helping to fill the void in the indie sector with its new P&A fund. A big question for indie players is whether it's possible to make real money on with a VOD release strategy. There's an optimistic feeling out there is that all it will take is one or two home runs (by indie standards) to juice this market. International channels finally get some attention. They're massive worldwide operations, yet the majors' international channel operations have for years been largely invisible in Hollywood. But that's changing as Fox, Sony and others have become more ambitious with programming for their clusters of studio-branded channels. Gently down the stream. The competition among music streaming services stepped up a notch this year as Pandora went public and Europe's Spotify moved into the U.S. market.What's interesting is that all this activity has coincided with a period of consolidation among music publishing companies large and small.No showbiz shingle has undergone more of a top-to-bottom transformation this year than the NBC broadcast net. As the sawdust flies on the rebuilding of its primetime lineup, here's hoping the Peacock can find the resources to hang in there with "Prime Suspect," its strongest new drama in years. Much praise has been showered on the writing and Maria Bello's performance, and not to be overlooked is the show's rock-solid supporting cast, anchored by the great Brian F. O'Byrne.Grant Tinker has often told the story of how at a time when NBC was in bad shape, he and Brandon Tartikoff made the decision to renew "St. Elsewhere" after its low-rated first season because they knew it was a good show.Let "Prime Suspect" be the "St. Elsewhere" for this generation. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Ough Gervais to come back as Host of Golden Globes

La (AP) Ough Gervais is coming back as host from the Golden Globes.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association introduced through Twitter on Wednesday that Gervais will require his third turn as Globes host in The month of january.Gervais left some wondering if he'd return after his performance only at that year's show, when he required pointed injections at Celebrities and also the HFPA, which puts around the annual ceremony.The 50-year-old comedian published a YouTube clip on his Twitter page Wednesday of his biting opening monologue in the 2011 show, promising "This (occasions) 10."In the ceremony captured, Gervais joked the HFPA accepts bribes (soon after the audience was prosecuted for accusations it involved in payola schemes) and sharpened at stars for example Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Robert Downey Junior."I am suggesting now If you do not enjoy it... (Expletive) you! Should you choose enjoy it.. Adore you!Inch Gervais tweeted Wednesday.The HFPA acknowledged on its website that "not everybody is satisfied using the decision" to create Gervais back because "his blunt one-inserts focusing on large-title celebs triggered anger and bitterness in certain quarters."Downey stated throughout the ceremony: "Besides the proven fact that it has been greatly mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I'd the vibe from the show is fairly good to date, wouldn't you?"The HFPA stated following the reveal that Gervais "pressed the envelope and from time to time went too much.InchNevertheless, the injections compensated off in rankings, drawing nearly 17 million audiences towards the NBC broadcast and beating out its network competition for the reason that time slot.Gervais initially stated following the reveal that he'd not return since it's host. Captured, Philip Berk, who had been leader from the HFPA at that time, refused that Gervais have been asked to return.However the organization stated Gervais "progressively warmed towards the idea" and lately talked about his return using the HFPA's new leader, Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly.The 69th annual Golden Globe Honours is going to be held Jan. 15 in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hillsides, Calif., and broadcast by NBC.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Cromer joins Raine's 'Tribes'

Cromer The Olivier-nommed "Tribes," which bowed at London's Royal Court, is getting a commercial production directed by David Cromer at Off Broadway's Barrow Street TheaterThe Nina Raine-penned comedy, which follows a deaf boy in a hearing family, is scheduled to begin performances in mid-February with an opening date set for March 4.Cromer's most recent Gotham outing was a revival of John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves" on Broadway, starring Edie Falco and Ben Stiller.Tickets for "Tribes" go on sale Dec. 15. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Magazine to Focus on Reality TV

Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi It was only a matter of time: A magazine is going to focus on reality TV and its stars. Reality Weekly will debut the first week of January, according to The NY Times, and will include features such as "Biggest Fights of the Week," "Hottest Shots of the Week," and "Where Are They Now?" Growing Up Gotti's Victoria Gotti will also write a weekly column. Catch up on the rest of the day's news "The material reality shows give us is an embarrassment of riches," Reality Weekly Editor Richard Spencer said. "Reality stars, you can't keep them away. It's always 'Come to my wedding!' or 'I just redid my baby's room. Want to see it?'" The magazine will be published by American Media Inc., the company behind the National Enquirer, Star and Radar Online and will cost $1.79 an issue. "Less money/More fun!" is the tagline. Certainly, interest in reality TV remains unabated, as shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Jersey Shore post record ratings even after several years.

'Homeland' EP Talks 'The Killing' Effect, Teases Major Brody Revelation

Showtime If there's one thing that haunts all new TV thrillers with a central mystery at the core of its drama, it's the effect The Killing had on an audience's trust. The AMC show and its creator, Veena Sud, angered many of its fans when it didn't answer its own question: Who killed Rosie Larsen? Homeland co-creator and EP Alex Gansa addressed the controversy in relation to the new Showtime series.our editor recommendsDo TV Series Get or Deserve Second Chances? 'American Horror Story' Adds 'Homeland' Actor (Exclusive)No Laughing Matter -- Drama is Still King of the Small ScreenShowtime Renews 'Homeland' for Second Season PHOTOS: 10 Showrunners to Watch in 2012 "I don't want to cast stones at The Killing, because I thought The Killing was unbelievable, and incredibly evocative," Gansa tells The Hollywood Reporter. "And I know how hard it is to do these things. You have to understand that The Killing also was at kind of a disadvantage in so far as a murder had already been committed." "And so the detectives were out trying to solve that murder," he continues. "But there wasn't really the sense that something else was a threat, that something else was about to happen. They were trying to piece together what happened in the past. And that's very different from the situation that we have." In contrast, Gansa explains that Homeland contains an active terrorist threat to the U.S. that Carrie (Claire Danes), Saul (Mandy Patinkin), and David Estes (David Harewood) can stop. STORY:Top 50 Power Showrunners 2011 "So whether or not Brody is guilty," Gansa says. "Whether or not he's been turned in captivity, whether or not, hypothetically, he'll go through with the terrorist act, there is a real and bona fide plot against America." "So, clearly The Killing is a cautionary tale at some level to us," He goes on to say. "But it didn't influence our storytelling." Gansa says that he and co-creator Howard Gordon had the first season fairly mapped out even before Showtime gave it a full season order. And while the season pivots on the guilt or innocence of Sgt. Brody (Damian Lewis), the threat to America could come from several other sources, as well. STORY: DVR Dump Vol. 2: 10 Freshman Series I'm Keeping But, of course, that may not satisfy viewers who really want to know if Brody has really been turned against America while being held captive by Al-Qaeda. And Gansa tells THR we will definitely know the answer to that mystery by the end of the season and possibly much sooner. "There is a major, major revelation in the next episode," he says. "In the episode that airs this Sunday, you will understand whether Brody is innocent or guilty." Homelandairs Sundays at 10 p.m. on Showtime. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com; Twitter:@TheRealJethro Showtime Homeland

Isabel Lucas, 'Immortals' Star, on the Differences Between Michael Bay and Tarsem

Isabel Lucas probably isn't whom you'd first picture playing Athena, the goddess of wisdom: In fact, the Aussie actress tells us she had a different Australian actress star in mind to play Zeus's daughter in 'Immortals.' All part of director Tarsem Singh's vision of younger than usual Olympian gods, as Lucas told Moviefone. The actress spoke to us about her new film, the differences between Tarsem and Michael Bay (who directed her in 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'), and what's going on with the long-delayed 'Red Dawn.' Did you have to get in shape to play Athena? No. Aactually, Tarsem didn't want me to necessarily to be all muscular. The guys were all training months before. So I didn't have to do anything, except for the martial arts training for the sickle fight. And that was for about two or three weeks and a couple of hours a day. That ws fun. It was intimidating too because I haven't done any of that sort of martial arts before, so it was a new thing to take on. What appealed to you the most about this part? Mostly I think what drew me was Tarsem being involved in directing. He's incredible as a director and he has such an artistic vision. These films have all been done before, but his style is so breath-taking, and the colors ... maybe it's the Indian influence, but they're just very unique to him and so original and so beautiful and so brutal all at once. I really wanted to work with Tarsem and then just to be offered the role of a goddess is very special. I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. Nothing that we'd really remember, but it sort of vague memories of mum telling me stories. I didn't really need to do a lot of research on Greek mythologies, it was more about doing research on the archetype of the Athena character. I really loved revisiting that material. When you read the script, did any of the violence make you wonder if you should do the movie? I did, actually. I was really sort of being blown [away] by every blow but I felt like it was worth it. And the moral of the story... it's about a man who's been ostracized by society. It's his journey to becoming a hero, changing the fate of humanity and bringing peace to earth. Yes, there is a lot of violence and I was put off a little, but I think all the other elements coming together, it was all worth it. How does Tarsem differ from Michael Bay as a director? They're actually quite black and white in terms of how they work. I think that they're both very technical directors, they certainly have that in common. They're also very visual directors. They can really stamp their own style. However, I think Tarsem's approach is very philosophical, the way he asks so many questions and involves everyone right down to every detail and he's very approachable to ask questions, to talk to. He explains things very easily. He's very much an actor's director as well. And also, just he's just a whole lot of fun. He's a very enthusiastic, full of life, very passionate and very opinionated and full of humor. But really a lot of fun to be around. And really has good intentions behind everything. His heart is on the tip of his ... sleeve? So you could come to with him with suggestions? Yes, you're not so much just a chess piece, he wants you on board because he wants you to be creatively involved. Did you make any suggestions he incorporated into the movie? Yes, it was always a collaboration. What's one idea you gave him that he took? Well, actually, one of the things that was more his idea and I ended up agreeing with, was to play Athena a lot younger. Obviously, he cast the gods a lot younger than how they were depicted in history. We remember Athena as being a middle-aged woman and she's stoic and serious and she's a woman of wisdom and was in the war providing council. You can't be young, in your early 20s and doing that. I think that was an interesting choice for him and he really encouraged me to play her more passive and more childlike than how she was remembered. It's sort of, in the way, the seed of what she became. At first, I was resisting that, it's not Athena. But then I thought that she's probably a woman in her mid-30s like Cate Blanchett. That's really whom one would imagine to be playing Athena. Personally, I would imagine her. But that's not what he had in mind. So it was a younger Athena. We can see the arc for what she grows to become. This does lay the groundwork for a sequel. Is that something you've talked about? I think the producers and director would have to answer that, but they were definitely talking about it. Would you want to come back and play an older version of her? Sure. I love Athena. I love all the goddesses and the archetypes and what they represent because I think they're always going to be relevant not just to women but to humanity. They're living energy. There's a lot we can still learn from them. What's going on with 'Red Dawn'? Good question. I think it's going to be coming out next year. That's the rumor that's going around. With Chris [Hemsworth] having done 'Thor' and the hype that's surrounding him now, it seems like they might pick it up on that wind. RELATED: 'Immortals' director Tarsem blasts '300' and 'Clash of the Titans' RELATED: Is 'Immortals' too violent? [Photo: Relativity] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Immortals' Ultra-Violence: Does Hollywood Require More In Depth R-Rating?

'Immortals' certainly offers the very pitched fight moments you expect from an action epic, however when you believe the carnage is on componen with '300' or 'Gladiator,' reconsider. Director Tarsem Singh happily referred to his stance on-screen violence to Moviefone and recognized his goal is always to make audiences uncomfortable. Can remember the scene in 'The Cell' where Vincent D'Onofrio unspools a victim's digestive system? Expect really this kind of literally stomach-churning ickiness in 'Immortals,' which pushes the R-rating so desperately, we've request: Are you currently searching for any new "hard R" label? Spoilers ahead after we discuss the higher nasty moments in 'Immortals.' Now, don't get me wrong me. I'm one of the finest 'Gladiator' fans you'll ever meet. When Russell Crowe beheaded another gladiator getting a fast two-sword stroke, I cheered with the relaxation in the audience. Singh, however, is adamantly against that kind of enjoyment of R-rated violence. While he told Moviefone, he wants everyone else to "feel below componen.Inch Well, mission accomplished. The script is actually brothers and sisters Vlas and Charley Parlapanides, nevertheless the execution seems being all Singh's doing. Consider these moments (spoilers, clearly): -- Theseus (Henry Cavill) watches helplessly just like a soldier cuts his mother's throat in close-up. -- A monk who's been tortured reduces their very own tongue rather than reveal the area of oracle Phaedra (Freida Pinto) -- A defector is paid out by King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) through getting his face broken and also the testicles bashed together with an enormous mallet. -- King Hyperion kills a minion by pushing his eyes into his skull -- Three women are roasted alive within the metal sculpture. We hear their muffled screams and discover them dying their save comes too far gone. People moments read horrible enough, that will help you only imagine what they're just like 3d. The same situation have carried out in the past films (the interest-gouging in 'Blade Runner,' say, or poor Aaron Eckhart's fire-roasting fate in 'The Missing'), nevertheless the sheer pile-from unpleasantness in 'Immortals' makes each scene a lot more distasteful. That's to convey nothing in the final fight, when the organs are flying fast and furious -- in 3d! -- as combatants are split by 50 percent. Certainly, lots of people will consume 'Immortals,' but if you are trading $75 million around the movie, shouldn't you need almost all moviegoers to relish themselves? It's tough to consider a director together with a studio would deliberately set to alienate a needing to pay audience together with your over-the-top violence, yet Singh is satisfied together with his accomplishment and sights anything less being "dumbing lower." He is not alone: inside the press notes, producer Mark Canton (who formerly produced '300') boasts, "It's within your face. We're not playing it safe. History isn't safe. Mythology isn't safe. And we're not really considering safe." Yes, the film is rated R, however, if that rating may also be deliver to a lot of the f-word, much like 'The King's Speech,' 'Billy Elliot' or 'Good Will Hunting,' clearly the ratings method is broken. It's been mentioned before, nevertheless the British have a much more helpful system more precisely conveys just how much when you're go to a movie. Inside the Uk, 'Immortals' must be slashed to earn a "15" rating, the identical rating that was presented to '300' without any cuts being made. The moments in the list above must be well toned lower to avoid acquiring a Uk "18" rating. Inside the U.S., the moments remain untouched (once the version I saw within the press screening is the same as the primary one that is being released to theaters) for just about any meaninglessly blanket R rating. The MPAA alerts of "strong bloody violence together with a scene of sexuality." Strangely enough, '300,' that have its share of violence but never hit the identical visceral, disturbing notes as 'Immortals,' appeared to become rated R for "graphic fight sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity." Due to the MPAA wording, you'd think that "graphic" may well be more extreme than "strong." You would be wrong. If "sickeningly graphic" violence (Singh's own assessment of just one finish of his filmmaking spectrum) may be the factor, then you'll enjoy 'Immortals.' Though movies like 'Immortals' and 'Human Centipede' in the marketplace, there must be another rating to warn people who favors less extreme violence what they're looking for once they buy a ticket. And people people going just for the best violence will probably be jarred with the overall schlockiness, an greatly unfulfilling story as well as the camping factor of gods fitted like go-go ballroom ballroom dancers. You have to question, who's this movie for? Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

What Happy Madison Intern is Behind the Sad, Sad Jack and Jill Twitter Page?

comments: 4 || add yours It’s Friday, opening day for Sony’s legendarily crapped-upon Adam Sandler vehicle Jack and Jill — so what better time to launch a Jack and Jill Twitter feed than today, amirite? So the timing’s not so good; at the time of this writing the page is just a few hours old. But the Tweets?? PRICELESS. Trust me: Skip the movie, hold onto your $10, and instead give it to the poor Happy Madison intern you might imagine slaving away in the office on a Friday trying to drum up interest in the abysmal comedy one unintentionally hilarious awful Tweet at a time. After the jump, a selection of the mind-blowingly best-worst Jack and Jill Tweets thus far. You’re welcome. [Note: Judging from the sheer desperation coming off each Tweet it’s either Sony-backed or the best joke you’ll see all week.] Behold: The most insanely clueless, unintentionally hilarious, desperate last-minute movie twitter feed of all time! #embedly_twitter_25836168{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/362375893/jack_and_jill_wallpaper_2_1024x768.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25836168 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@JackNJillMovieJack and Jill Dress up your dogs and cats as Jack and Jill and send us your best photos! We’ll pick the best one to win a phone call from Allen Covert!Nov 11 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply Animal abuse! #embedly_twitter_8271307{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/362375893/jack_and_jill_wallpaper_2_1024x768.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_8271307 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@JackNJillMovieJack and Jill@JEdgarMovie Best of luck this weekend!Nov 11 via webFavoriteRetweetReply You’ll need it! 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Be honest! #JackAndJillNov 11 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply Um… #embedly_twitter_34469834{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/362375893/jack_and_jill_wallpaper_2_1024x768.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34469834 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@JackNJillMovieJack and Jill We all have a “Jill” in our life - in 140 characters tell us about your Jill and win a chance to be a walk on in the sequelNov 11 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Whoa, whoa, whoa… let’s not go making threats, Sony. #embedly_twitter_43463125{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/362375893/jack_and_jill_wallpaper_2_1024x768.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_43463125 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@JackNJillMovieJack and Jill Hey @Drake! Can you tweet your followers about #jackandjill? DM us if you need tickets for you & your “crew!”Nov 11 via webFavoriteRetweetReply (…) #embedly_twitter_50610555{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/362375893/jack_and_jill_wallpaper_2_1024x768.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_50610555 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@JackNJillMovieJack and Jill Happy Veterans Day! You know who the real war heroes are? Brothers & sisters! Tweet your best #siblingbattle story @ us. Winner gets RT’d!Nov 11 via webFavoriteRetweetReply My. 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Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko and Tom Waits Joining Colin Farrell in CBS Films' 'Seven Psychopaths'

Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesWoody Harrelson Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits and Olga Kurylenko have joined the cast of Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh's follow-up to his acclaimed thriller, In Bruges, which starred Colin Farrell. Psychopaths once again sees McDonagh working with Farrell, who plays a struggling screenwriter who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Sam Rockwell) and (Christopher Walken) kidnap a gangster's (Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. Harrelson is playing the gangster in the action comedy. Waits and Kurylenko will play shady underworld types. Production began in Los Angeles on Nov. 7. EVP of acquisitions Scott Shooman is overseeing the project for CBS Films. Blueprint Pictures is producing. Film4 are co-financing with the BFI Film Fund and CBS Films which has the U.S. rights to the film. Hanway Films is handling foreign sales. Woody Harrelson

Yahoo to Unveil Extensive Yearlong Effort to Cover Presidential Election

Yahoo is promising the most extensive political coverage in its history, beginning Tuesday with live interviews of the eight top Republican candidates for president and through to Election Day on Nov. 6, 2012.our editor recommendsABC and Yahoo to Stream Live GOP Presidential Candidate InterviewsGoogle Considers Yahoo BidYahoo Beats Earnings Estimates and Stock Rises After the Closing BellYahoo Launches Original Web Shows Targeting Women With Judy Greer, Morgan Spurlock, Niecy Nash Yahoo is set to announce Tuesday its yearlong effort to cover the presidential election in a unique way that includes building on a relationship it struck a month ago with ABC News. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Film and Television The initiative calls for a documentary-style reality Internet show called Remake America whereby eight American families will be followed with video cameras with the political issues explored from their perspectives. A casting call begins Tuesday, and the families will be chosen by January. Another addition to Yahoo's effort is the Signal, a Web site that will use sophisticated prediction models that combines data from InTrade -- whereusers can gamble on the outcome of political events -- with the latest polls along with Twitter and other social-networking data to determine the odds of various political outcomes. On Tuesday, for example, the Signal said that Herman Cain's chances for becoming the Republican nominee for president were nearly cut in half, to 3.8 percent, after Gloria Allred's press conference Monday with a woman claiming she was sexually harassed by Cain 14 years ago. PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians In the future, the Signal will feature predictive-type games and other interactive elements. Yahoo has also partnered with journalists and opinion writers from the left and right, like The Atlantic, FactCheck.org, Forbes, National Journal, The Week and Glenn Beck's TheBlaze.com. "We're trying to do something more than just expanded political coverage," said Robertson Barrett, vp news and finance at Yahoo. PHOTOS: Democrats and Republicans' Favorite Movies The various elements will be rolled out piecemeal and land at news.yahoo.com/elections-2012 before making their way to various Yahoo pages. About 50 Yahoo employees are working on the initiative, which includes text, photos and video. Celebrity donations to political parties and candidates will also be tracked. Yahoo will lean heavily on ABC News, with collaborative efforts that will include anchors and commentators like George Stephanopoulos and Jake Tapper. Yahoo said it reaches nearly 90 percent of voting-age adults in the U.S. each month. "In this time of enormous economic and global challenge, the Yahoo audience will determine the next president of the United States," said Ross Levinsohn, executive vp Americas at Yahoo. Related Topics George Stephanopoulos Glenn Beck Yahoo ABC News Politics Herman Cain

Kim Kardashian Having to pay a trip to 'The Marriage Counselor'

Kim Kardashian is on her behalf method to go to the Counselor. Better late than never.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian's Divorce Exposes Her Ambition for Fame and cash, Say Brand Experts (Analysis)Kris Jenner Addresses Kim Kardashian's Divorce With Fellow Air Ryan SeacrestHow the Kardashians Made $sixty five million This Past Year PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Partnerships She might have declared divorce from new husband Kris Humphrieseight days ago, but Kardashian is praising the commitment she designed to Tyler Perry a few days before that. On November 9 she begins filming her part within the filmmaker's new movie, The Wedding Counselor, at his Atlanta studio. PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. Possibly shrewdly on Perry's part, Kardashian continues to be cast less the titular protagonist but as her friend and colliege Ava. Once the married counselor, performed by Jurnee Smollett (Friday Evening Lights), begins an affair having a client and reduces her existence, Ava stages in to supply support along with a much-needed transformation. STORY: 10 Signs Kim Kardashian's Marriage Was One Large Hoax All Along The role is Kardashian's first bid for additional serious attention being an actress, since her roles in Deep within the Valley(2008) and Disaster Movie(2008) were hardly significant. Lionsgate will release the film. Related Subjects Kim Kardashian Tyler Perry Kris Humphries

Hal Kanter dies at 92

Kanter created TV series Julia and written for your Academy awards. Emmy Award-winning comedy author Hal Kanter, who composed material for Bob Hope, Bing Crosby as well as other Oscarcasts and created the ground-breaking TV series "Julia," died Sunday in Encino. He was 92 and died of complications from pneumonia.Kanter shared Emmys in 1991 and 1992 for writing the Academy awards after first adding for the Oscarcast in 1952, yearly just before the ceremony made the transition from radio to television.Kanter also directed numerous films, including 1957 Elvis pic "Loving You." In TV, he gained his finest mark while using comedy "Julia," a landmark for your TV biz in starring African-American actress Diahann Carroll in the nonstereotypical role. She carried out a widowed nurse getting a young boy inside the series that went from 1968-1971 on NBC.More youthful crowd offered becoming an professional producer on "All inherited,In . among other shows.Born in Savannah, Ga., the boy of Albert L. Kanter, who founded a effective comicbook line, Kanter began just like a comedy author for radio inside the 19 thirties, then segued into TV as mind author for comedy-variety skein "The Erection dysfunction Wynn Show" in 1949-50. The man who'd later create "Julia" written at the begining of '50s for "The Amos 'n' Andy Show," a collection scorned for your minstrelsy it described black figures.Kanter began writing for your bigscreen in 1951. His first effort was "Two Tickets to Broadway." Starting with "The Most Popular Spy" that same year, he written or co-written numerous films starring Hope, like the 1952 Hope-Crosby effort "Path to Indonesia," "Not Permitted,Inch "Here Come the ladiesInch and "Casanova's Large Evening." More youthful crowd composed the 1953 Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin comedy "Money At HomeInch after which written the Elvis photos "Loving You" and "Blue Hawaii" as well as the Doris Day-James Garner vehicle "Make Room Darling."Showing a substantial side, Kanter did the variation of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo" in 1955. Other screenwriting credits include George Cukor's "Let's Have Sexual Intercourse,Inch with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand, as well as the Frank Capra film "Pocketful of Miracles."Inside the mid-'50s, Kanter created, produced and written "The George Gobel Show," winning his first Emmy for his efforts. Through the seventies, Kanter written and produced for comedies including "All within the householdInch and "Chico as well as the Guy" but he progressively moved focus to TV special deals and honours occasions, writing "NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary in the Wonderful Arena of Disney" and "AFI Existence Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda" in 1978. He began fairly steady target the Oscarcasts in 1991 they ongoing until 2008.Kanter was heavily associated with activities within the Authors Guild of America, locating the WGA West's Valentine Davies Award (for industry/community service) in 1983, the WGA West's Morgan Cox Award for intend to the guild in 2005 as well as the WGA West's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television (a very long time achievement jerk) in 1989.Kanter also situated many Authors Guild and Company company directors Guild of America honours dinners.Children include wife Doris, to whom he was married for 70 years three kids: Donna Kanter, a author, producer and director and who is the owner of the Donna Kanter Co., Lisa Kanter Shafer and Abigail Kanter Jaye a sister together with a daughter. Contact Carmel Dagan at carmel.dagan@variety.com

Dish Network Misses 3Q Earnings Targets With 111,000 Drop In Subs

Experts feared that Dish Network will be lighter in comparison as to the they’d forecast after they saw how good DirecTV did having its Nfl Sunday Ticket promotion reducing-than-expected sub deficits at Comcast together with other cable operators. Dish ended 3Q with internet gain of $319.1M, up 30.2% at that time a year ago, on revenues of $3.6B, up 12.3%. That revenue figure only decided to be slightly under the $3.65B the street forecasted. But earnings, at 71 cents a share, missed experts’ target of 73 cents. The big questions today will in all probability focus on the 111,000 drop in monthly monthly subscriptions to 13.95M — that comes even close to a 29,000 insufficient subs inside the same period a year ago. Just before the current run of 3Q bulletins from Dish’s rivals, Brean Murray Carret analyst Todd Mitchell predicted the organization would lose 25,000 clients and Credit Suisse’ Stefan Anninger forecast a tiny bit of 87,000. On Friday Anninger modified his projection to -174,000. “We spoken with a traders which in fact had anticipated a loss of profits between 150k to 200k (after DirecTV revealed its) results the other day so overall, we'd say this is not badly as feared,” states Wells Fargo Opportunities analyst Marci Ryvicker. Dish credited losing to competitive demands additionally to “the weak housing marketplace within the united states . States combined with lower discretionary trading.” Dish states that Blockbuster, therefore it acquired in April, stood a internet insufficient $177,000 on revenues of $347M, but didn’t provide a comparison with previous years proclaiming that the operation has changed so muchit “would not prove useful in assessing our publish acquisition earnings and money flows.” Blockbuster operated 1,500 stores through the finish of September. “We have talked about flexible termination provisions inside the rents more than 900 of individuals stores, should estimations of future revenue growth not meet our anticipation,” Dish states. The business also introduced today that it's going to pay a non-recurring dividend of $2 a share. That news “not only signifies a welcome return of cash to traders but furthermore signals that Chairman Charlie Ergen isn’t prone to hoard cash to build his wireless section of dreams (probably),” states Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett.

Counting Lower to Kiefer Sutherland's Touch: The 6 Ways It Might Help remind You of 24!

David Mazouz and Kiefer Sutherland Still taking apart a clip for Fox's Touch? Frustrated you cannot start a real countdown towards the return of Kiefer Sutherland since the show still does not come with an airdate? You are not by yourself. Fox makes Kiefer Sutherland's go back to primetime official The approaching drama from Heroes boss Tim Kring stars 24's Sutherland doing what he is doing best: ensuring the planet does not self-destruct. Waiting in for Jack Bauer is Touch's Martin Bohm, widower and father to some mute boy, Mike. The issue? Mike provides hiding for the uncanny capability to connect designs and uncover this is behind apparently unrelated occasions happening around the globe.... Quite simply, he is able to predict when bad stuff will go lower, amongst other things, and the father Martin's the one that will need to deal. (Prepare for emotional Kiefer, world!) Only for kicks - and since we still miss 24 - let us count the methods Touch, without meaning to, continues its legacy, while using trailer as our guide: Problematic kids: Sure, Kim Bauer got kidnapped. (Several occasions.) Sure, she dropped from school being an au pair, and then got caught inside a cougar trap. But she could scream and call her father for help. Martin's boy Mike does not talk whatsoever. Then when Mike will get a hankering to climb cell towers (which look really tall for the reason that trailer!) at 3:18 p.m. every day without interacting why... well, it appears Kiefer's TV offspring are forever cursed. "Dammit!": Sources say Martin will release one out of the very first episode of Touch. That is what these kids - and also the fate around the globe - is going to do to some guy. Suicide bombers: Yes, seriously. There's one - a youthful one - within the pilot for Touch. Whether Martin may be the guy to defuse the problem... but cure will, right? Mobile phones: In the looks of things, they'll command a starring role in contact, handy for stopping problems foreseen by Mike. Divorce lawyer atlanta, they will be just like Jack Bauer's supermobiles, which snapped up signals in the bowels from the greatest terrorist hangouts, instantly sent codes, submitted maps and all sorts of other types of existence-saving, key-decrypting apple. Oh, wouldn't it were our apple iphones came outfitted with 1,000,000,000G technology. "NY": As with 24's eighth season, La stands set for the The Big Apple in contact too! A ticking clock: Martin's racing to prevent these occasions from happening (in order to make certain they happen properly). He's racing to determine what his boy is attempting to inform him. He's racing to resolve the earth's mysteries. Kiefer won't ever stop running. Never! Touch will premiere on Fox next spring. Here's a clip for the re-viewing pleasure: